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Psalm 13

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Psalm 13 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

To the director: A song of David.

13 How long will you forget me, Lord?
    Will you forget me forever?
How long will you refuse to accept me?[a]
2 How long must I wonder if you have forgotten me?
    How long must I feel this sadness in my heart?
How long will my enemy win against me?

3 Lord my God, look at me and give me an answer.
    Make me feel strong again, or I will die.
4 If that happens, my enemy will say, “I beat him!”
    He will be so happy that he won.

5 But I trust in your faithful love, Lord.
    I will be happy when you save me.
6 Then I will sing to the Lord
    because he was so good to me.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 13:1 refuse to accept me Literally, “hide your face from me.”
Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

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Psalm 13 New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 13[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?
    How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
    and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
    How long will my enemy triumph over me?

3 Look on me and answer, Lord my God.
    Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
    and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

5 But I trust in your unfailing love;
    my heart rejoices in your salvation.
6 I will sing the Lord’s praise,
    for he has been good to me.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 13:1 In Hebrew texts 13:1-6 is numbered 13:2-6.
New International Version (NIV)

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